About Stylianos
Stylianos 'Stel' Papastratis is an experienced counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship strain. He explains things simply and listens closely. Stel aims to make early steps feel manageable for someone worried about reaching out.
Stel has worked in a range of settings across Australia, the UK and continental Europe. He brings more than 21 years of professional mental health experience to sessions. His background includes work with non-profit organisations, government services and personal clinics.
Background and approach
Clients come with many concerns including grief and loss, bipolar disorder, and challenges related to chronic illness or disability. He also supports people dealing with attachment and abandonment issues, blended family tensions, communication or commitment worries, and body image matters.
Stel holds a Bachelor and Honours degree in Psychological Sciences, a Graduate Diploma of Counselling, a Diploma of Professional Counselling and a Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy. He is also credentialed with the Australian Counselling Association, ACA. In sessions he focuses on creating an open, non-judgemental space where thoughts and feelings can be talked through.
He works alongside each person to set practical steps and manageable goals. The aim is to help people move toward a more fulfilling and happier life. Stel offers services in English and Greek and provides a mix of online session formats to suit different needs.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Stel uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to the person's needs. One common approach he draws on is cognitive-based work that looks at thought patterns and how they influence anxiety and mood. This approach helps people notice unhelpful thinking and try different, more helpful ways of responding in daily life.He also uses problem-focused strategies that concentrate on practical coping skills and step-by-step plans. These techniques suit people who want tools to manage stress, relationship tensions or symptoms related to mood conditions. When helpful, he may include relaxation or hypnotherapy exercises taught in session to support coping with distress.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Stel will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they decide which techniques to try and check in regularly to adjust the plan as needed.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when less bandwidth is available, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging suits people who prefer written communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family or health commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Greek
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